Miami’s Butler out for Christmas match against 76ers

Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler joined the league’s reigning MVP, Joel Embiid, on the superstars who will miss today’s Christmas showdown vs. the Philadelphia 76ers with a calf problem.

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler (calf strain) will miss Christmas Day game vs. Philadelphia. Butler and Joel Embiid both sidelined tonight. pic.twitter.com/WLLyrccNUq

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 25, 2023

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The Heat star, who had missed the previous 2 matches with the problem, was ruled out in the past hours along with Haywood Highsmith and  Josh Richardson.

Philadelphia’s superstar Joel Embiid was already ruled out 2 days ago after spraining an ankle in Friday’s victory against the Toronto Raptors, joining Nicolas Batum as the players who will miss the Christmas game of his team.

Paul Reed and Kelly Oubre will most likely replace them. At the same time, the Heat almost certainly will use the same starting 5 they used in the previous 2 matches: Kyle Lowry, Tyler Herro, Caleb Martin, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Bam Adebayo.